Eric Ambler is a master of narrative and an elder statesman of suspense. He virtually created the modern spy story with his ground-breaking series of pre-WWII novels; A Coffin for Dimitrios and Journey into Fear are hailed as classics of the form. Waiting for Orders is the first...
The first collection of all of Ambler's shorter works, most of them dating from the period of his greatest literary triumphs. Includes The Army of Shadows, The Intrusions of Dr. Czissar, and the brilliant Blood Bargain. Ambler is, quite simply, the best.--The New Yorker.
Eric Ambler is a master of narrative and an elder statesman of suspense. He virtually created the modern spy story with his ground-breaking series of pre-WWII novels; A Coffin for Dimitrios and Journey into Fear are hailed as classics of the form. Waiting for Orders is the first...